Société Minière du Nord de l'Afrique (SMAN)

Company founded in 1901. Notary in Saint-Etienne.

The head office was located in Saint-Étienne, 25 rue Claude-Delaroa.

The purpose of the company was to research or purchase and exploit deposits of zinc, lead and all other metals, as well as phosphate deposits in the Djebel-Guéritfa, near Mateur (Tunisia), the Djebel-Sidi-Mabrouck, near Tala (Tunisia), in Tiouknine, commune of Batna (Algeria), and in all other places .lead and zinc in the Batna region.

In 1926, the company acquired the exploration permit for Aïn-Boudka, bordering the Tiou-Knine concession and the ownership of the Taghit mines.